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Worker gets almost 3 years in prison for stealing $1M from employer
Criminal Law 08/20/2023The former IT director of a Rhode Island metals fabrication company convicted of stealing more than $1 million from his employer and using the money for personal expenses was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in prison. Juan Hicks, 47, of New Be...
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Opponents of Maine’s new abortion law won’t seek to nullify it
Criminal Law 08/13/2023Groups opposed to Maine’s new law expanding abortion access won’t attempt to nullify the statute through a so-called People’s Veto referendum.Republican Rep. Laurel Libby, leader of the Speak Up for LIFE group, said Wednesday that a...
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Owner of Maryland Construction Company Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
Tax Law 08/10/2023According to court documents, Jerry Lee Redman of Severn, Maryland, owned Redman Services Inc. (RSI), a paving and construction company. For at least 2015 through 2018, Redman filed corporate income tax returns for RSI that underreported the business...
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Pakistan leader moves to disband parliament, his jailed nemesis seeks release
International 08/08/2023Pakistan’s prime minister said Wednesday he is moving toward dissolving parliament, starting a possible countdown to a general election, as his chief political rival fought to overturn a corruption conviction that landed him in a high-security ...
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A federal appeals court made medication abortions harder to get in Guam
Criminal Law 08/05/2023People seeking medication abortions on the U.S. Territory of Guam must first have an in-person consultation with a doctor, a federal appeals court says, even though the nearest physician willing to prescribe the medication is 3,800 miles (6,100 kilom...
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Trump’s Lawyers Meet With Prosecutors as Election Interference Charges Loom
Personal Injury 07/29/2023Lawyers for Donald Trump were meeting Thursday with members of special counsel Jack Smith’s team as a potential indictment loomed over the former president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a person fami...
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Judge weighs challenge to gag order in University of Idaho killings
Family Law 07/21/2023A judge overseeing the case against Bryan Kohberger, charged with killing four University of Idaho students last fall, heard arguments Friday over a gag order that largely bars attorneys and other parties in the case from speaking with news reporters...
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Judge upholds the $5 million jury verdict against Trump
Personal Injury 07/20/2023A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a $5 million jury verdict against Donald Trump, rejecting the former president’s claims that the award was excessive and that the jury vindicated him by failing to conclude he raped a columnist in a luxury de...
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White House is taking on corporate mergers, landlord junk fees
Breaking Legal News 07/19/2023The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed new guidelines for corporate mergers, took steps to disclose the junk fees charged by landlords and launched a crackdown on price-gouging in the food industry.The announcements will be discussed as part ...
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Diversify or die: San Francisco’s downtown is a wake-up call for other cities
Criminal Law 07/17/2023Jack Mogannam, manager of Sam’s Cable Car Lounge in downtown San Francisco, relishes the days when his bar stayed open past midnight every night, welcoming crowds that jostled on the streets, bar hopped, window browsed or just took in the night...
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Amazon pushes back against Europe’s pioneering new digital rules
Criminal Law 07/13/2023Amazon is disputing its status as a big online platform that needs to face stricter scrutiny under European Union digital rules taking effect next month, the first Silicon Valley tech giant to push back on the pioneering new standards.The online reta...
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Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Family Law 07/10/2023An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage.Judge Caroline Wall on Friday dismissed with prejudic...